Elizabeth Banks Gossip

We’re a day late on Show Your Work this week because I went to Graceland. And maybe you’re tired of me talking about Graceland but when I was at Graceland, I observed the WORK of Graceland. And the work of Graceland has everything to do with Priscilla Presley. So I try this week to get Duana to care about Priscilla Presley’s work. Full Story

To Whom It May Concern: Please excuse Elizabeth from dressing on the Comme Des Garcons/Rei Kuwakabo theme tonight, as she has been dressing that way for the past several years due to her ongoing engagement as Effie Trinket. As such, her mesmerizing body-con sequined Rorschach painting and banana-coloured hair is an homage to all the girls at Tavi Gevinson’s high school who made fun of her for liking Comme Des Garcons at a time when Aeropostale was as exotic as it got. Full Story

Elizabeth Banks is currently filming the Power Rangers movie, because we live in a world where a big-budget Power Rangers movie exists. Here she is on set as the villain, Rita Repulsa. She looks like a pretty, pretty weed, the very prettiest of all the weeds in the flower garden. Full Story

Back in 2012, I wrote about Elizabeth Banks’s website praising it for its design and content, and also for what it isn’t: a way to brand her family or sell perfume. Since then her website has grown and added more features (like pinned content), but all of the original reasons I liked it still stand. Full Story

Leo’s boys have been posting photos all over Asia, so I can only assume that they have joined him in India, where he met with environmentalist and activist Sunita Narain. He rarely posts photos of himself on Instagram so you know he’s being serious. It’s nice to see him on vacation minus the yacht/model entourage. Full Story

Wet Hot American Summer is a modern comedy classic, and by the rules of contemporary cinema, since it’s fourteen years old, it’s old enough for nostalgia. And you know what nostalgia means—it’s time for a sequel/remake/reboot! Or rather, it’s time for a prequel TV show premiering on Netflix on July 31, titled Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day of Camp. Full Story

Thank you for you emails last week about Pitch Perfect 2, demonstrating your enthusiasm for the return of the Barden Bellas. As Duana put it the other day – the real question is how many times are you seeing it? Like do you just turn around after the first show and start queuing for the next? Or do you play like it’s high school again and sneak into the theatre next door for the second half and the big finale? There’s nothing like a big singalong movie finale. Read Full Intro